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and went. We broke it down right here on the score and now a chance to look back and see what happened. I'mjeff Jonnyac along with my broadcast partner from WBBM, Tom Fair and Jim Miller from sirius XM NFL Radio moving the chains, with Pat Kerwin kind enough to join us as well. It was a memorable three day draft process indeed for all of us involved in for the

National Football League. Coming up tonight, we're gonna be joined by the new Bears tight end Cole Commet pick forty three and the draft from Notre Dame and ain't buyer to high school product that'll be around six ten than at six thirty to lane. Head coach Willie Fritz will be talking speedy fifth round wide receiver Darnell Mooney, and we'll hear from some Ryan Pace tonight as well as we got him for our Bears Draft twenty twenty show. Though Aaron Fox coming up this weekend. We'll talk about

that as well. But say a little my Thulla's right here, Tom and Jim. Good to talk to you, guys. You're still thinking about the draft, you're still processing, You're still thinking about the seven man class and how it's all played out so far with the Chicago Bears. Well, you know, Marty, Jeff, I'm more interested in what it can be because I don't think this is necessarily a draft of guys other than Cole Comet that could come in and you know,

contribute immediately. Although Jayalen Johnson will be in it'll be interesting to watch how he goes along with the shoulder situations from this offseason. But Jeff, within the first five guys at the Bears drafted, they have hundred eighty three games of total games throughout their college career, and we talked about bringing in a group of guys that you could cultivate and develop what they've already been doing. And you look at these top five, like I said, one

hundred and eighty three games of college game. And then you'll look at the seventh rounders the offensive linemen. You know, there's a couple of things you're looking at offensive line in that late draft. You're looking at their frame, their feet,

and their finish. And when you look at both of these offensive linemen and you think of new offensive line coach Juanca, Still, this isn't something you know, maybe these guys will burst out into the scene eventually, but right now their projects from the left hand side of the offensive line that they can develop competition and hopefully turn them in to competitive starters throughout the time in their career. Big Jim Miller. How you look at Miller? How and

doing well? Get good to talk to you, Jeff, And yeah, I do think those first two picks can definitely be contributors. When you look at Cole Commet, I believe his coach, mister Kelly was on there talking today about what Coal brings to the table. He sees him as a you know, Travis Kelsey type of player. He does, He's got a lot of refinement, He's been utilized. Moore as a receiver down there for Notre Dame, but he's got the size and the frame to be an inline blocker, but definitely

as the athleticism to play from the flex set. We look at cool comet and I really do like Jalen Johnson and just what Tom mentioned about the shoulder injury. I mean, this guy is a highly productive player. He definitely a press man corner. He can bully wide receivers. He's good with off man ability as well. Over six foot or close to two hundred pounds, has good numbers, but I think he can be a solid contributor for the Bears. Absolutely, Tom Bear, Jim Miller, Jeff Joni yak Is.

We bring you Bears all access brought to you tonight by IGS Energy. And I know I promise six ten, but our man got in a little early tonight. And that's exactly what Antre Damer, a Saint Vierter product, a Chicago area product, Cole Commet. You called in five minutes early, so you're on time. If it were me, I'd be going right up at six ten because that's how I roll.

But my guy Tom there, we're skiping as we're doing the show, looking at each other He had a huge smile on his face because he always rips me Cole for being late when I'm early, but you're early and you're not late. So hey, congratulations number one out of the gate. Congratulations. It's a wonderful story for a local

product to put on the Navy blue and orange. And I'm a Hersey grad, so you know, we got a little rivalry there with Viader over the years, but no more, man, we put that out of bed and looking forward to see you on the field here in the short order. I know you've talked about it, You've talked about it

on the score. But just as you've had time now to digest what has happened to you with the whole parade of cars by your house, your parents and all your friends enjoying this moment, how are you processing that you now are a Chicago Bear. Yeah, it's it's still amazing to me. You know. It's been, however, almost a week now since the draft, and I'm still just in shock every day that you know, I get to stay home and that I get to be around here and

get to play for the Chicago Bears. It's it's just really special for me, and I know for my family in the community. So we're just all really excited and can't wait for the season to get started. Started. Cole, when I saw your family receive you and your family received the call, I was just listening to the background excitement and I'm so happy for your your whole family for what they're gonna be giving a chance to experience. But I kind of like to go back to Notre

Dame real quick. So at the end of your season, how did Brian Kelly advise you? What did he tell you? What did he what were his thoughts about you in your future? Yeah, I mean, Coach Kelly we sat down quite a bit actually after the last game of the season, prior to the bowl game, and we just kind of talked about, you know, things that I could improve on

if I come if I came back. But um, you know, he was supportive of whatever decision I was going to make, and obviously, you know, he wanted me back in the program, and you know thought that you know, there were things I could work on to improve and that you know that I could come back and you know, we could you know, make a run at the national title and

stuff like that. So you know, but he knew that um I had a tough decision to make, and he was nothing but supportive once I decided to declare, So he was he was great, and you know, it was awesome to be able to play for him for the past three years. Cole Jim Miller here, congratulations and welcome

to the Chicago Beers. From from that standpoint, could you share a couple of things that Brian Kelly did share with you of what you what he feels you need to work on, or what you personally feel you need to work on because probably your best footballs ahead of you. Oh yeah, I mean we talked about just kind of

you know, we're finding some things. You know, I think I have a good a pretty good grasp and over in a good overall game, but you know, there was little details and things that I definitely could have improved on in terms of, you know, blocking technique was something that we really really focused on, especially during Bowl prep, and I think I really improved actually those those couple of weeks that we had when I really was focusing on it. And then just some nuances in the route running.

So you know, those two things were things that he really stressed and you know, I knew that kind of kind of thinking about that, and I knew that was something that I that I still need to work on and stuff like that. So those were those were conversations that we had. But you know, like I said, he was he knew that, you know, the opportunity was there for me to declare and you know'd be a high, high round draft pick. So he was nothing but supportive

once it made the decision. New Chicago Bear Cole commet Bears tight end joined the program. This is Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy with Jim Miller and Tom There. I'm Jeff Joni ac Cole. When you when you digest also the type of offense that Mad Naggie and his coaching staff is formulating with his new staff offensively, how do you envision yourself fitting in this offense the

basics of what you know and the framework right now? Yeah, I mean, I think the offense is predicated on a lot of h on a lot of play action and you know, a lot of use of the tight end moving around and you know, being able to go inline and you know in the slot be split out wide as a receiver. So there's a lot of things, you know, when you when you watched you know a coach now you where he was at with Kansas City, and you

know how we use those tight ends there. Um, you know, there's a lot, there's a lot to be had for tight ends and this offense. So that's just it's really exciting for me. Exciting for me. So, Cole, when you were talking to other teams throughout the combine and maybe conversations you've had since the draft, was there any like recommended body size for you, whether it's a weight gain

or weight loss, strength gain or whatever. Was was there mentioned between the different groups of people you were um meeting with of ultimately what they would, you know, want your structure to look like. Yeah, I mean I know most teams, you know, I waited in at right around two sixty at the combine, and I know most teams are pretty happy to see that that's kind of a little bit heavier from where I was during the season.

I was probably way around two fifty six to fifty seven during the season, so, you know, just getting a couple of pounds during the off season. So I know a lot of teams like that, you know, I you know, you know my body frame, you know, I have ability to put on another five pounds and if I need to, and I could also lose um five pounds pretty easily. So I kind of have that range right there. But most teams are kind of happy. We're happy to see

me right at that two sixty mark. And you know, I moved really well at the Combine, tested well, and you know, ran well and the routes and all that stuff. So I now teams are pretty pleased with where my weight was at. Well, the Combine seems like centuries ago. And at some point, you know, you train differently for the Combine that's not so much football shape, and you know, and at some point we're gonna be asked to go back and play a little football here. We just don't know.

When what have you been doing to try and keep up your your your you know, whether it's your weight or your workout routine and things you need to work on, because it's it's got to be difficult for everybody out there right now with how they're training. Yeah, So I mean I've just kind of been you know, I got weight set up at my gramma's house and I've been working with with a trainer nearby that I've been around with and uh, you know, obviously practicing the social distancing

all that stuff. But his name is Brian Leser and he's been great. Um, so I've been working with him and you know, been been hitting the weights at my gramma's house and uh, you know, just doing what you gotta do to kind of stay in shape in that way. So I got I'm working out with my brother as well, who's who's a freshman at unter Dame playing baseball, so he's an athlete as well, and we've just been, uh you know, we've been working out together and staying in

shape that way. Cole, come at our guest here on Bears All Access with John and Jim Jeff Joniac breaking things down as you looked at your options and you had him You're you're you're the rare athlete that has the ability to play two pro sports, and the White Sox certainly were very interested in you. We we've read that, we've seen that, we've talked about that, and uh, I

know you love the game of baseball. Uh as you look at your football life and your passion for the game and passion to get better and it to hopefully have a ten to twelve year career in it. Uh where did that passion for football begin for you and your earliest memory? Yeah, I mean for me, it was always just you know, I remember going out to flag football my first years, and um, you know with my dad playing and and my uncle playing. You know, I was when I was young. I was still still fortunate

enough to watch my uncle play. He had been in the league for a while, so kind of just seventeen years, yeah, seventeen years. Yeah, so being able to watch him and my dad, um was just really really special for me, and uh, you know, really really kind of sparked that interest for football and that passion for it. So you know, I come from a football family, and it's it's just what I'd love to do. And you know, I love to go out and hit people, and uh, it's just

I've always found the sport a lot of fun. So, you know, dating back, you know, I mean really just the flag football for me and being able to watch my uncle and my dad play is uh, is just really special and that's kind of what sparked that interest, that interest. When did the commitment to the football weight room start, because obviously there's two different you know, you kind of struggle with do I want to be a baseball body or do I want to be a football body?

And there's a difference between the two. And so when did you make that commitment to the football body? And, like you said, the bloodlines between your dad and Jeff Skanina, you know those guys, you kind of knew what it took to be a football player in the weight room through those guys. So when did that change for you? Yeah? I mean, I mean really for me, I mean in

high school, I really didn't lift much. And you know, when I got to college, that's kind of when it I really started to you know, get obviously heavier into the weights with the program and all that. And you know, for me, once I started doing the weights, I kind of just got bigger at it naturally. It was funny though, but like in the spring, I kind of, you know, back off on the weights a little bit for baseball

and I kind of leaned out. But for me, you know, right when I kind of jump in those weights for about a month or two, I really see a big difference, you know, in my weight and my strength and you know, just kind of my body type. So you know, I think really in college, you know, coach Bayless matt Alis was our strength conditioning coach and utter dame, and he did a really good job with me in terms of, you know, making me a big body but also staying

lean as well. So you know, I think really that from going from high school to college and being introduced to that type of weightlifting was really what kind of transitioned into that well, Cole from the you know, how is everything in this virtual world that we're in right now because you know Tom has never been taught this way or me? And how you're going to be learning things for the Chicago Bears, whether it's a virtual meeting, whether it's just with the playbook and how they how

they send it to you. So how much have the been a Bears been able to introduce you to this? And I guess everybody learns differently. Some guys can learn just by looking at a playbook. How is that settling in for you? So to speak? Yeah, So, I mean I've had, you know, obviously with the interviews during the during the draft process, so you kind of get a little taste of that in terms of how it may

work with the teams and stuff. And you know, they've sent me everything that I need in terms of playbook wise on an iPad and all that. So you know, I've been able to call coach the coaches and stuff and you know, get in touch with them. And you know, in the next couple of weeks here when our virtual mini camp starts, will really be able to you know, kind of sit down and look over look over the

playbook and kind of get in depth with it. Um. You know, I'm not really too concerned in terms of wearing it, and I have a good knack for picking up stuff, and you know, I have a pretty good sense of you know, look at the playbook and being able to digest it and all. And I know, um, I know it maybe a little weird virtually, but you know, I'm pretty confident I'm gonna figure it out. Cole, come at our guest here on Bears All Access brought you by GS Energy a couple of more moments with you.

You know, you're a Chicago kid. So were you obsessed with the Bears? And did you have the posters on the wall? I mean, what did you did you watch? Did you listen to Tom and I did you watch a Jim Miller throw the ball around? I mean, what was your level of that? And then if I could piggyback, have you been watching The Last Dance? Yeah, um, yeah, so your your first part. Yeah, I know. I mean we had a huge in my old house read a

huge Brian Earlocker fathead in our basement. Um, that was something that you know, my brother and I loved and we got. So yeah, we were a huge Earlocker fans growing up. And you know, obviously when you know they went to the Super Bowl after being the Saints, my parents actually they went down to the Super Bowl in Miami, so they had a lot of fun with that. But yeah, I know, always been a huge Bears fan. You know, I'm a big Chicago sports fan. You know, I'm a Cub's guy and uh and a bit and a huge

Bears fan. So those two, those are my two teams growing up. And yeah, I know I've been watching The Last Dance. It's uh, it's been great to watch, especially during right now with everything going on. So uh, it's been it's been quite entertaining. Well, it sounds like you're ready to roll. Good to talk to you, Good to

meet you. We're looking forward to meet you face to face one of these days and congratulations again, I'm being a Bear yep, thanks guys, thanks for having me on Notre Dame's Cole Comet impressive as he gets set for his maiden voyage in the National Football League. More with Tom and Jim coming up after this. Brought to you by IGS Energy. This is Bears All Access on Chicago

Sports Radio six seventy to score. Welcome back to Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy, a proud partner of the Chicago Bears, providing electricity, natural gas, and home warranty products to over one million customers across the country. Learn more about IGS Energy at igs dot com. Jeff Joni Ac, Tom there, Jim Betta with you just heard from Cole Comet. Impressive. Impressive boy, can you imagine having the ability to plate two sports at a highlight level.

I've been reading stories about the White Sox in their area, Scott J. J. Lally, who they looked at him as the natural, he could do anything potentially. They The name Aaron Judge came to mind because he's a powerful hitter and here he's a lefty reliever closure for Notre Dame. I mean blessed, blessed athlete, right there. You know, it kind of shows you a little bit of a sign of the times because there's a lot of support system around these kids that they focus them in one sport

from an early age. And it's it's hard for me to sit here and say, because I'm not a parent, I'm not struggled with that decision. But you see these parents that allow their kids that play multiple sports. I think it benefits them in their sport of choice ultimately. So I don't think that you should shy away from that. I think it should be something that's that's encouraged as much as anything. Yeah, a lot of these guys drafted

excel at a lot of sports, you know. I think of even Tristan Worfs, who was drafted out of Iowa by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They actually traded up to get him. That guy was a state discus record holder, he was a state shot put holder, he was a state wrestling champion. And so I mean, and for Coal, obviously, like you said, he's a great pitcher, played more than

one sports, and that's that's a good thing. You do become a better athlete the most sports that you play, and to have choices like that and that's why now with him just to having the ability to focus on one sport, which is football, there'll be a lot of growth. This should be a good spurt for Cole Commet. It really his one focus to one sport now, which will be his job. And there's still development here Tom, you know obviously, and a junior eligible player to come into

the NFL. Got great bloodlines. Frank Commet obviously was a great football player, Perdue was with the Bears, Bills, you name it. And Jeff Skinnina obviously with that kind of influence in his life. A seventeen year player in the National Football League, many Super Bowl appearances. But overall, these young guys coming in, you know, receiver, tight end, offensive line, sometimes a bit of a ramp up there. So but

he's a guy that's going to contribute right away. So will Jalen Johnson, and so will those three fifth round picks in some fashion some fashion. Well, there's a lot of fun, amount of details to the everything that's expected

of you in that job. However, there's things he does as well so well right now that Matt Naggi can put him in an advantage position, a lot of it's going to be a lot on the line of scrimmage, spread out from the line of scrimmage, and then the tight ends coach, the offensive line coach when they start putting together these blocking packages, and that's where I'll start to refine his skills that Brian Kelly has mentioned in a complimentary way, and I think Cole understands that is

going to be his quickest path to being on the field a majority of the time. So the coaches have their work cut out for him, but they have a big I say this respectfully, a big blob, a nice blob of clay to work with in his case. Yeah, and it's it's gonna be And we talked to coach and Aggie about that. I mean, how good of a teacher are you, you know, and how you're you're getting these concepts across to the players because as you mentioned, Jeff, I don't know how soon of contributors they will be,

but they will be contributors. Like he said, I think a lot is expected of Cole Commet and he will be a contributor, much like Jalen Johnson. But it's going to be challenging, you know, until they can get out in the field and really start, you know, applying these concepts that they're going to be taught here shortly. These coaches, as Tom just mentioned, I think is imperative how good of a teacher you are to get these guys up

and running as quickly as you can. I got a bunch of veteran coaches on the offensive side of the ball, so I would expect some good teaching going on. That's the whole premise behind Matt Naggie's coaching staff to begin with, what was really good teachers. A couple of news items that will probably be becoming official here in the days to come, but reportedly is the best way we could

describe it. Ryan Pace still busy yesterday. Trevor Davis, a wide receiver and return specialists who played with Green Bay, Miami and the Raiders. As some juice to them. A veteran player Ted Ginn who at thirty five can still get down the field vertically, last three years with the Saints at thirty catches this past season, including a big Week one against the Texans over one hundred yards receiving. And then safety Tayshaun Gibson, who's got twenty three interceptions

in his career, let go this week by Houston. One of many safeties on the beach right now street free agents, but a guy who put his nose in there, a bunch of tackles, a bunch of interceptions and pass breakups. Those are not official deals yet, but reported again, filling roles, filling blanks that he still sees on this now ninety man roster, Hindy man roster. I like the Speedy brought in, Speedy brought Okay, got a technical issue right now working through.

I don't know if these guys can hear me. Tom can you can you? I've got you, Jeff Okay, Jim, go ahead, big Jim out. Something's going on with Tom stuff right now. They'll work out. Sean Anderson, Yeah, well, Ted ginn he does provide speed at thirty five, he can still get. I mean, that guy's twenty fifth all time in terms of NFL history, in terms of all

purpose yard. He's more of a glider. I think we know that, but he does have that returnability and still bring speed to the table and experience at the wide receiver. We know they lost the speed with Gabriel, and now you add a guy like Ted gin Jr. Who's been very productive and then you draft a guy who we're going to talk about here in a little bit, Darnell Mooney, who's known for his speed, to kind of help him along, really teach him how to be a pro. I would think.

I think it's gonna be tough for him to really crack the starting roster, going to take some time for him to develop. So I think a guy like a Ted Gin could really, you know, really come in and do a good job for the Chicago Bears. He really has been a good player for Carolina, Arizona and the most recently the New Orleans Saints and was highly counted on to Sean Gibson. Had a little back injury towards the end of the year, but did sign a contract.

I thought it was going to be a three year deal there from the Houston Texans, but comes in with a ton of experience and a lot of production that you mentioned. So they're not done. Those are areas of need and the Bears are still working hard to fill all those needs. Coming up here at the bottom of the hour, Willie Fritz, the head coach at tonight, to

talk about fifth round wide receiver Darnell Mooney. This is Bears all Access brought to you by IGS Energy and Chicago Sports Radio six seventy To score this segment of Bears All Access is brought to you by CDW. People will get it learn more at CDW dot com. Jeff Jony, Act, Tom Thayer, the Bears played by a play crew and Jim Miller from Sirius sex M NFL Radio. Please to be joining on the line now by Tulane head coach

Willie Fritz. Good evening, coach, aw you doing, and you're here to talk about Darnell Mooney at the fifth round pick one of three by the Bears. And I love his quote when he met the Chicago media coach. And I'm sure you'll you'll get a chuckle out of it too, because you know him better than us. His quote, just know as soon as I get in, I'm gonna make a lot of noise. There's gonna be some things to talk about. That's a confident young man coming in because

in it, well, you've got a lot of confidence. He usually doesn't stated like that. He says, pretty reserved young man, but just in awesome, awesome person. He's with us for four years. I we recruited him the last weekend before signing day, and there's back when there's only one signing day. In February. We got onto him. He's from Gatcheon, Alabama, and we brought him over to visit. We offered him a scholarship. He's the only Division one scholarship offer that

he had. He's four year starter for US. I don't know if he missed any games, but he and his roommate, he's in his best buddies at another kid in Alabama. They went four years and they didn't miss anything. They didn't miss a class, they didn't miss a tutoring appointment, study hall, workout, strength and conditioning, you know, breakfast check, lunch check. I mean, this guy's dependable as you can

possibly get, and he really developed over the years. I think he's one hundred and fifty five pounds when he first came to US, and now he's up to a robust one eighty or whatever he is. He's pretty close to that, I think, not off a couple of tens and his forty yard dash. So he did a fantastic job for he was a pleasure to coach him. They coach. First of all, congratulation on all your success, reading your resume,

is really impressive. But my first question is when you have a guy like Darnell, how important is he to come through your program and show the rest of the kids that size doesn't matter. It's your desire that could possibly open an opportunity for you beyond two lane. That's

big time for us. We talk all about you know, recruiting you know, bona fide Division one student athletes with character, and we talk about retaining them by having a great culturecause nowadays, you know, sometimes things don't go well and guys are ready to take off, you know, and we've got a great culture two lane by recruiting guys like Darnell and then and then you want to develop them

when you get them there. You know, like I talked about him putting on the weight, getting in the way room, and you know, he's he's definitely a student of the game. He's on the chuck machine, you know, for a half hour after every practice. You know, he got faster and stronger and smarter. He's always up there, uh, you know, trying to learn more. He's a big time Jim Ratt. It's a great example for us. We had another kid that got drafted by the Chiefs and he's very similar.

We were the only off and we actually signed him two weeks after signing day. You know, when I took the job four years ago, I didn't get the job till January fourteenth, and signing day was two weeks later. So those are two good stories for our younger guys to you know, look at and you know, aspired to be like Darnell and the other young man to carry his keys. Well, Coach Jim Miller here, thanks, thanks for joining us today, and just for Darnell to come in

as a freshman and start eight games. You know, we know it's a big jump from high school to college and now from college to pro, but it wasn't too big for him. When you look at mister Mooney, how how was he reacting in those games early when he played and was counted on so much. Well, you know, we were we didn't have all the talent in the world.

When he first got him, he knew there's gonna be some freshman we're gonna have the opportunity to play normally, the freshman that are able to get out there and you know, especially start for you the ones that can, you know, learn to sift them quickly and don't make mistakes and you know, can get lined up. And we knew he was a talent. He's a very good route runner and very sure handed kid as well. And for

a smaller guy, he's gonna battle you. He's he didn't get in the middle of you and block, you know, which is you know, so important if you just get attached to the guy, you know, that allows the running back, you know, like a like a former two lane grade to play for you up there, Matt fourte and shake loose and get up the seal and score. So he's also a really tenacious blocker as well. But uh yeah, right. The reason he plays a freshman is he he picked

things up very quickly. Willie Fritz, the head coach out of Tillay and our guest here on Bears All Access with Tom there, Jeff joni Ac and Jim Miller coach. How'd you use him in your offense? Oh? We tried to move them around a little bit. A lot of times we just put him to the boundary and a lot of times you can get one on one coverage out there. A lot of people like to put their best corner out there, and he had some you know, some matchups with the kids from Tulsa who got trafted

fairly high three or fourth round, I believe it. You know, so a lot of times into the boundary. But you could do a lot of things with him. You know, the first couple of years, we run a little bit more option, and you know, he was our pitch player. On occasion, we played him a little bit in the slot, you know, and we also played him in the field.

So but um, you know, we really changed offense, and he played for two different coordinators while he was here, and we went from a spread option attack his first three years and then last season we got into a little bit more pro style type offense. So he's gonna be used to, you know, as the routes and the progressions that the quarterbacks are looking at, changing routes based on coverage and things like that. And you've got in

that kind of a system. Hey, coach Fritz, when you look at one hundred and fifty four catches throughout his college career, can you game plan him to keep him out of destructive catching areas because of his speed and you think one hundred and seventy four pounds, maybe you can open those windows of safety a little bit more form because of it. Well, I think it's gonna be interesting where they're gonna play. Man. Are they talking about

playing him at slotter on the outside. I'm not sure, But you know, I've got a couple of guys that are playing in the NFL and they're playing that nickel position on the slot aren't much bigger than Darnell. So a lot of people are playing, you know, some smaller guys in there that spot slots position. But you've got a great vertical jump. You really high points the ball well to be able to play out in the perimeter. He made an awful lot of circus catches for us

over the years. He made a couple of really big ones to help us beat Houston this past season. So, you know, I think he's he's a good enough route runner. He certainly he's got the speed and the movement to be able to get loose and you know, get a little space between him and the dB so the quarterback and hit it. Well, we'll coach. Everybody's chopping at the bid.

I know you want to get back to coaching, and you know, we'll see where this goes here this fall with everything everybody is dealing with, but just the challenges for you as a coach to potentially teach players virtually, and how you're gonna install plays, how you're gonna explain them, how you're communicating to get it done. Maybe just thoughts from your perspective of how players, like Darnel Mooney, everybody

learns different. Some guys learn through walkthroughs, some guys learn through watching tape, some guys do learn from from the play book. But maybe just a little bit from your side of it and coaching guys virtually like this, you know, we're our staff's reading the book right now, thinking fast and slow. He talks about how men are visual learners and how they learned better with color and all that kind of stuff. So we're always trying to become better teachers,

you know, on a daily basis. But you know, I wish I would have had some stock and zoom, I'd be I'll be doing pretty good right now because I'm on meetings. I do. I do virtual home visits, you know, two three, four times a day. We have a couple of times a week. We have team meetings. As a matter of fact, I'm I mentioned Matt earlier fourteen and and you know, Matt's dad graduated from Tulane and played at Tulane as well. And Matt spoke to our team a couple of weeks ago. He's got you know, he's

from New Orleans and h just an unbelievable job. He went about twenty minutes with the guys and he's been around our team quite a bit. To our guys, you know him. But I've had some little guest speakers that have come in and talked to the guys and our our team this year is going from good to great. And you know, Anus Williams is a New Orleans guy. We've gotten to know him. He spoke to the to

the fellas and did the super job. Eli Manning, Archie Manning lives right right by this, you know, the stadium in our offices, and he's been great help, you know, since I arrived here in New Orleans. And Eli eva really nice message about how the two thousand and eleven season, you know, they had the lockout, and you know, he got together with all the guys and said, let's be a team that goes ahead and takes advantage of this

time off. And sure enough that was a years they went and won the Super Bowl and then I thought it was, you know, uh, something our guys can grab a hold of. So there's a lot of different ways to teach these guys. My coaches are having meetings, you know, three or four times a week, and a lot of them are voluntary. The kids are wanting to be because

you know they're they're bored as well. And you know, as a play Division one football, certainly in the NFL, you better love football and you better be consumed with it. And so it's great to watch. I sit in on a lot of these meetings during the day with you know, my quarterback coaching, linebacker coach. You know, we had a presentation by my d line coach day today on block destruction and how to get off of blocks, and you know,

the defensive line linebackers in the secondary. So you know, it's just an unlimited amount of information out there about about football. I'm sure as soon as it's legal for the bearers to start, you know, having contact with these guys, Darnell will dive into that playbook and he'll learn it quickly. All right, coach, I got one last thing before we let you go. We got to get you out of here.

But I noticed in the list of names of players that you've coached across your long career, including Coffeeville Community College, where you coached a young Keith Trailer, a former teammate of Jim Miller. And I only bring them up because this week all over Twitter, Uh, there's Keith Trailer returning a interception and uh, the late and great dick Enburg saying the earth is moving and earth is shaking, and it was Keith Trailer, and I'm there forget that. That

was my first year calling games on on the Bears. Uh. What was a young Keith Trailer like Bean? Certainly remember him his way in the dtackle. You know he when we recruited him out Oklahoma at of Uh where is he from? He's from Arkansas. When we recruited him out of Arkansas, he was probably by two thirty five linebacker, great basketball player, and we brought him in there. And

I actually lived in the resident pall with Keith. There's four rooms, and I had just taken the job and I was getting married that summer, so I was trying to save a little bit of money and I lived there with Keith. But he kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger by the time he's a sophomore and he's

an All American force in Coffeeville. He was played two fifty great strength, still had great movement, and next thing you know, he's uh, you know, he's a defensive end, and then he's a three technique and then a little bit later he's a he's a nose guard. And I was when he was playing for the Chiefs. I had some sideline passes. Buddy of mine got me on the

sideline for the game. I saw him and he started coming up and talking to me, and I hadn't seen him for years, and he was It took me back to recognize him, to see him because you know, you know when I first met him, you know, two twenty five, two thirty five, somewhere that area. But he was he's a great player for us, and he was a great athlete. Yes, he was very good. Appreciate all your time, coach, good luck and twenty twenty for you and year till lane bucklup.

Thank you, thanks for having me on roll Away. There you go. Sean Anderson, our producer Tonight, this is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. In response to recent world events, HUNDA is taking steps to protect you and your family assurances back. Learn more at UNDA usa dot com. Jeff Tom and Jim Good conversation or Willie Fritchett Jim, you love the old time coaches, right. I think Willie's sixty, but he's been, He's been, had

a lot of places in his career. Yeah, fine coach. And like he said, Keith Trailer, believe or not, he started out at linebacker. I mean he had a really good measurables at the combine. He had I think over a thirty five inch vertical. Keith Trailer didn't this, like coach said, kept on getting bigger and bigger and bigger. And I remember that interception. Wasn't that against Jacksonville, Yep,

jackson Hill. It was bumbling down the sideline, great athlete, great teammate, great player and employ him and uh Ted Washington. That was as like the Great Wall of China on that defensive line, No doubt changed football a little bit. All the big guys, the big defensive tackle, the immovable objects, they had a lot to do with changing the philosophy of offensive line blocking. A lot of times I don't agree with it, but those huge, massive, three three hundred

and sixty pounders. They changed the way coaches thought. I wonder what that vertical was. A two thousand and one gym. Keith Trailer had the biggest cavs you'd ever seen in your life. I'm telling me, he had some hops and as like coach said, terrific athlete and what he could do. Denver did. They drafted him as a linebacker and when he originally started out in the pros and just kept on kept on growing man, and he became a pretty

darn good defensive tackle and run stuffer. You remember, Bob Golick was a second round draft choice linebacker out of University of Notre Dame for New England. Then he got cut by New England and kind of ate his way into being a pretty good nose tackle. But he was also a two time All American heavyweight wrestler. Yeah he was. He was at the Cleveland Browns as a nose tack on some of those good Bernie Cosar teams. Yeah, he

was a big boy up front. Yep Um coming up on Saturday nine thirty pm on Fox thirty two Chicago and against Sunday at ten pm on Fox thirty two Chicago. Bears Draft twenty twenty in it sit down with general manager Ryan Pace. We'll run a portion of that here, breaking down some of the top selections. I feel like there's still a ton of upside ahead of him, I think, especially as a blocker. I feel like we feel like he's gonna make great strides as a blocker going forward

because he has the right temperament. He definitely has the body type. In the past game, Cole's just a big target, big target, big catching radius, really soft natural hands. As a tight end, you know you're over the middle obviously a lot you've got to make toes contested, you know, tight coverage catches, which he's shown over and over again, and then you've seen you've seen the highlights, and you

know it's in every game. His run after catchability, just his physicality with the ball in his hands, and these these traditional, well rounded y tight ends, they're becoming harder and harder to find. And I think you can bind that with the Bears box makeup that he has that we all know about. It just made it a really easy pick for us. And you know, our Midwest scout

Scott Hamill, Jeff Scheiver, Chris Prescott over the top. You know, they've been pounding the table for this guy for it seems like a year, and so when he was there in the second round, we were really excited to get him. Another guy who checks your bear's box, I'm certain as Jalen Johnson out of Utah, I loved this quote after the draft process, he says, I'm gonna make every team that didn't draft me regret why they didn't. I like

that attitude. He feels a little bit of that. You know, the traditional chip on the shoulder you're gonna hear about really almost everybody in your class, with rare exception in this twenty twenty class. But it seems to me he's got a rugged, physical, aggressive mentality towards playing cornerback. There's no question. And Jeff, he's still a young player. I think he just turned twenty one years old, so right away his size, he's athletic. His instincts and awareness really

jump out. So just his feeling coverage to anticipate things and feel things around him, read the quarterback jump route. We really like him in press because he's physical and he use his hands. Then you go to man coverage, he's got the foot quickness to mirror routes. Are really good ball skills. You know a lot of corners sometimes they panic when the balls in the air. That's when you cepis or they drop the coverage. He's really poised and calm and confident when the balls in the air.

Another guy, as you mentioned, outstanding football makeup, outstanding personal character. David Williams, Francis Saint Paul been all over this guy. I mean, there's stories with this guy just just his work ethic, his professional approach. You know, he's he's you know, graduations about to happen. He's gonna walk in an hour for graduation and he's in the fieldhouse doing d dB drills. Yeah. So that's Ryan Pace and that graduation came in two

and a half years. Tom and Jim, so a couple of breakdowns are the first two picks of the Bears around two. When we come back, we'll talk about it with Tom and Jim. This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to scull. Final segment here

on Bears All Access on this Thursday evening. Coming up, the see title game from twenty nineteen Chiefs and Patriots gonna air on the score here coming up at the toime of the hour with Tom Thayer, Jim Miller, Jeff Jonahac with E. Sean Anderson as our producer tonight doing a great job as always and listening to Ryan Pace there again the Bears Draft twenty twenty television show on Fox thirty two Chicago, or in nine thirty pm Saturday and ten pm Sunday night on Fox thirty two Chicago,

go through all the picks. Don't have time to do that here, but just want to give you a little taste of it again. You gotta be passionate and you gotta be convicted about who you're picking. So you hear the genuine excitement in those two picks of Cole committing Jalen Johnson, Tom and Jim. Yeah, you know you have to go. You have to have the realization that neither

of these are finished products. Nobody in this draft is a finished product, Jeff and So I think that's the key element here is Ryan Pace respected the advice and what he was getting from the scouts and was able to kind of project these guys to get him on his radar, watch them through out their senior year. Understands like a calmness by a cornerback is rarely talked about

at this young age. And then how difficult it is to find a why tight end and nowaday in these college football players, so they have the template of the type of players they want to it's about what the coaches do within their development over the next two three seasons, both in the off season and during the season. Yeah, and I just always think it's it's about fit. You know, granted you're drafting needs, but it's it's about fit. And I think Cole fits a tight end centric offense that

the Bears are trying to run. We've we've talked about it numerous times. They need more production from that position. It's why they went out and drafted Jimmy Grant, they signed Harris, and we'll see what Cole Commet can develop into. We'll have to get better at his run blocking, but he can fill out even more and probably when it's all said and done, we'll be a good in line, all around tight end for the Chicago Bearris and Jalen Johnson, I just think fits the style of defense a lot

of man sets. Like I said, he bullies wide receivers, so I think he as well is just a good fit for what the Bears are going to ask him to do defensively with Chuck Peggatto as their DC. I don't know my math's right, but I think it's ten targets to the tight ends last year in the red zone. That's it. Four catches and two touchdowns. You point to a lack of point production. That's a big area that you know, Jimmy Graham, however you may view him, the guy's a red zone monster. Cole has a chance to

be a red zone monster. You gotta get more weapons involved, and you got to get to the red zone even inside the thirty Those are big production areas. Don't you think that aspect of the bears potential on offense has escalated with these additions? I do. I know. I also think that you can become more threatening within the red zone with Mitch's willingness to run the ball, because that takes an extra guy out of the defense. It opens up windows to throw too, or to capitalize on the

size you have at the line of image. Yeah. I just the lack of production at that tight end position last year weather is due to injury. Guy's not getting on the field. Just it needs to be better. Jimmy Graham had a good year two years ago out there in Seattle, certainly with Russell Wilson. Last year wasn't targeted as much in Green Bay's offensive system. But I do think it offer some you know, point production down there in the red zone, especially just the size of Comet.

You know, he is a good route runner, and he is really good after the catch, like Ryan Pace talked about. I mean it is a problem to bring him down after bounce off on his hands. Absolutely. I mean a couple of games you watch, it takes the whole defense to try and tackle him. Tide is offering free laundry services to the families of Chicagoland frontline responders. Visit Hope

dot Tide Cleaners dot com to find a location near you. Jim, we only have about a minute and a half, but I gotta dig into this green Bay selection at Jordan Love causing shock waves through the National Football League and Jalen Hurts select in Philadelphia doing the same. A lot of Colin Minch has written about these two situations. Is this overreaction or how would you look at this? Especially I get the green bait thing a little bit, but

the Jalen Hurts in Philadelphia. It sounds like it's gonna, you know, potentially up end the whole belief in the locker room. If you know, Carson Wentz doesn't play well at the beginning or bah blah blah. I mean, you know, if you've got an opportunity to draft to quarterback, teams usually do it if you're smart. Then Philly's done it repeatedly. Right, They've made them tradeable commodities numerous times. From a J feely,

I could go on and on the quarterbacks. They've traded Kevin Cobb, but anyway, I mean they're gonna get both qbs. Even Doug Peterson talked about this. It'll be a different role for Jalen Hurts. And guy ran for over a thousand yards. He had twenty rushing touchdowns at OU last year. So this guy is an extremely good athletes. So they're gonna use him in some kind of you know, like Taysom Hill type of role and it'll be a little

bit different. Hey, they already paid their quarterback, right, Carson Wentz, he's not going anywhere, but they will develop Jalen Hurts and use his skill sets in a running ability. I think for Philadelphia. Jordan Love to me is raw. I mean, that's why Green Bay Packer fans are upset that they feel that they are a win now team. They were one game away from the super Bowl. But Jordan Love is raw. He is not gonna play, He's not gonna be ready to play. He is gonna sit and it's

gonna take some time. And so I think it's a little bit overblown. Everybody thinks it's as Aaron Rodgers last harah there in Green Bay. Hey, Brett Farr pushed the snowball downhill today. He's gonna create more controversy in this virtual offseason than any statement made so far. Hey, we gotta break, Yeah, we gotta go. Jim, thank you. We'll talk to you next week. Jim Miller from Serious XM's NFL Radio moving to chains Tom Bear, who's actually hitting

the water in Wisconsin surfing. Believe it or not. We'll tell you that story next week. Thanks to Sean Anderson, Thanks of course, the Coole commet the newest Chicago Bear, Will Fritz dead coach down at Tlana. And for Ryan Pace, I'm Jeff Johnny Ac. Have a great night, everybody. This is Bears All Access on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Thanks for listening to this Chicago Bears Network

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